Hard work leads to low returns. Insight and doing what we want lead to high returns.

Few people take objectives really seriously. They put average effort into too many things, rather than superior thought and effort into a few important things. People who achieve the most are selective as well as determined.

Creation occurs when ideas and individuals collide and collude.

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.

Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.

80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.

Hard work leads to low returns. Insight and doing what we want lead to high returns.